Like call me crazy but I think that the ideal of "freedom of speech" as modeled in the American paradigm has been vastly more empowering to the boot on our neck than the larynx under it
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The snark about the paradox of tolerance notwithstanding, the situation in this story obviously is tragic - the only way to deal with bad ideas is to ban them? Nothing can defeat racism but murder and brain implants? - but the tone doesn't really acknowledge it
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I mean you can't just crumple up the paradox of tolerance and throw it away The paradox of intolerance is just as bad - great, as soon as someone says anything evil they should get two in the back of the head Now who gets to decide what counts as evil
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Yes I definitely get what you're saying I was reading the story as allegorical to MAGAs etc specifically and not something more abstract I.e., asking "if the only way to make things better is to quarantine Trumpists entirely, is that worth it?" and like yeah I'm all about that
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Not to go full Eliezer or anything but my immediate reaction upon finishing the story was a catharsis at the bigot getting offed and a sense of "yeah good enough I'll take it"
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